Bring home Canadians unlawfully held in northeast Syria

Canadian authorities should end this uncertainty by promising to promptly help bring home all Canadians detained in northeast Syria since at least 2019 by a Kurdish-led force.

As the new year approaches, families of Canadians unlawfully detained in dire conditions in northeast Syria are anxiously awaiting Jan. 6. That’s when a court in Canada will resume hearings on whether the government has violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by not repatriating their loved ones from the war-wracked region. Photograph courtesy of Human Rights Watch

Opinion

BY LETTA TAYLER

December 26, 2022

NEW YORK CITY—As the new year approaches, families of Canadians unlawfully detained in dire conditions in northeast

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